Wall-bed.



N. B. DOUGLASS.

, WALL BED.

APPLICATION I'ILBD MAR. 28, 1912. v 1 fl53 @1 u Patented Feb. 18,1913.

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WALL BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.'28, 1912.

1,053,481. Patented Feb. 18,1913.

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UNITED sTA'r s PATENT oEEIoE.

NAPOLE N B. DOUGLASS, F BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

WALL-BE To all :whom it mag concern Be ithknown I that .I, NAPOLEON l3.jDjoUo- 'finess, citizen of the Unitedistatea residing at Berkeley,inthe Y county of Alameda -and State of California, have'in-yented'newand iis'eful '."Irnproven1entsf. in -.Wall Beds; of "which the followingis a specification.

inventionrelates to wall bedsand pertains especially to areversible-wall bed mount'e'don a panel ingan opening'in lthe valland,adapted tov be turned through an arcjof .1809, so that the bed. may beexposed .into-theroom, and ready-for use, or turned into-the closet andconcealed when not in @use.

' usual dimensions, for closing it when not in use; ,the bedvbeing'mounted entirely independent of the door and in no wise hayingi'ts-movelnents-at'fecte'd or controlled by the door itself.

The [invention consists of the parts and the combination andconstruction of parts is hereinafter described and claimed,having'reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- .Figure'l is a;perspective otlhe invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the bed mount- ,i'ng. Fig."3.is ahorizontal sectionthrough .the cIo'se'tand bed, showing. the beddisclosed-in the-closet. Fig: 4 is a detail-otf the foot of the bedmounting at right angles'to the position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 issimilar to Fig. 4, indicating the position of the parts when the bed isopened out for use. Figs. (3,:7, 8 and 9. are diagrammaticrepresentations in plan, showing the successive positions of the bed asit is turned from the closet into the room through a complete arc Arepresents a closetor recess designed to house-a folding bed 2, andhaving an ordinary door S behind whichythe bed is concealed When not inthe room.. The bed-2 is afull-sized double bed andsthe door 3 is anordinary door of considerably lesser width thanthe bed.

The bed 2 is mounted on a specially designed brack t 4, Fig. 2, whichlatter is fixed Specification of Letters Patent.

amineatibnfiled 'March- 28. 1912.

Patented Feb. 18, 1 913. Serial No. 686,846.

on a vertical shaft 5; this shaft 5 being looselyj ournaled in upper andlower bracket arms (5, the outerfends of the arms (5, having sunable'pintles whichardstepped at 7 respectively, into -.appr.opriate socketsin the top and bottom of the 1'ecess-opening, but a little rearward ofthe plane of the door 3 and a little to one side of the vertical centerof the opening. v .8 is-an'automat c reversing link which has one;e'ndpivoted inside the closet at 9; the

other enc pivoted to'the bottom edge of the panel to one side ot'it'hevertical carrying shaft 5. as shown at 10. "Ihe position of the p1vott)with respect to the pivot 7. of the bed-carrying brackets isof primeimportance in thisii1vei1ti(m,,in order to give the proper 'curvatu1 'eto the path of the bed when-swung" fin-and out otthe closet, as to clearthe wall 17 ofthe door frame. I have found thatnboth pivots 9'and7 are.placed com-- parativel y close together on the same side of the-verticalcenter of the bed when the same is in the closet in the position. asshown in- Fig. (3.

y The bed Q'is hung fromth'e arms 4 by the links ll l2 Figs. {Land 5, orby any other appropriate ,.1'neans, so that thebed can be raised intovertical position parallel with shaft '5 when not inuse, or extendedinto horizontal position so as'to be used as a bed.

Any suitable means may be en'iployed to hold the bed upright. as by thecounterweight 15; The ichieft novelty howeveryin the present inventionis in the discovery of the means forniounti'ng this lied in a closethaving a door or opening less than the width-of the bed, and. to beableto move thisbed in andout ofthis closetthrough this narrow opening;thereby doing away with the wide opening, and thewide panel. This isaccomplished bythe particular arrangemen of the pivots 7 and 9, bothconsid; erably toone side and to the same side of the vertical. shaftpivot 5, when the bed is the position shown in Figs. 3 and 6 with thebed upright within the closet and the closet 7, the bed then is revolvedon its pivots 7 outwardly in the direction of the arrow Fig. 7 the bedturning successively through the positions shown in Figs. 7 and 8 until.itassumes the position shown in Fig. -9. This reversal isautomatically,effected by the combined action of the supporting bracketand link 8.

Inasmuch as it is desirable to use a door opening of minimum width, oneof the prime characteristics'of-"tlie present; inventionhas been thepositioning of this bed arrangeu'ient with respect to the door open ing,so that a double" width bed mounted independently of a door ofconsiderably nar rower width is permitted to swing in and out of thisopening without interference.

and reverse itself through an arc of 180.

This is done by placing the pivot T suiticientlv rearward of the normalplane ot' th door Sso that whcn the bed is in the closet the door 3 canbe closed. and placing the pivot 9 of the link 10 almost directl'v backof the lower pivot 7, so that this pivot 9 is considerably to one sideof the center of the bed when the same in the position indicated ineither Figs. 6 or i), and always on the same side of the center of thepivot 5; both the pivots T and 9 being approxi mately central of thedoor way,

\Vhcn the parts are fully reversed, as shown in Fig. 9, the lowerbracket (3 and link 8 stand in cross position, as shown. because thepivot- 10 has changed its position from one'side of the-center 5 to theother. In all these different positions however. both these, pivots Tand flare always on thc'same side of the plane of the panel 12 carriedby the bed.

By mounting the bed in the manner shown. it allows ready access to thecloset. If it is desired to facilitate the turning of the bed when thedoor 3 is opened. there ma be placed a suitable latch 18 on the/door 3and when the bed is in the closet and the door 3 closed; will be adaptedto engage some portion as 19 on the bed-carrying structure. 'hen thedoor is thus opened. it will carry the bed-carrying structure and bedwith it a short distance until it is turned out far enough into the roomto be grasped by the attendant and the reversalcompleted: the latch 18slipping otl'the pin 19. due to the diflerent paths of travel of the bedand the door 3.

Having thus described my invention. what ll claim and desire to weure byLetters Pat- The combination with a receptacle having an opening. of abed mounted on a ed.- carrying structure and independent of lhe door,said bed wider than the opening. an

arm at the top and another arm at the hottom supporting the bed and saidarms pivoted at; their inner ends at the to and bottom (if. the opening!so that the bed-carrying structure inav turn on vertical pivot and inand out of said opening. connections between the armswhereb thev aremade to work in unison so as to maintain the axis of oscillation of thebed fll\\'l in a true vertical. a reversing link pivoted at one end tothe bed-carrying structure. and having the other end pivoted within thecloset. and rearward oi the pivot of the lower arm. said pivot for thelink and the lower arm pivot being on the same side of the center ofthebed when the bed is in either of it completely reversed positions. andboth tlasaid pivots being approximately'midway between the sides of thedoor opening".

In testimony whereot'l have hercnnto set my hand in the presence oft\\o.: lllisr-l'iliilli witnesses. I

NAQlOlillUX l3. DUUHLASS.

Witnesses:

vHARRY B. S'rmnxs, HARRY P. THOMAS.

